Combination camp kit and table



May 11 1926.

C. S. HAMBLIN COMBINATION CAMP KIT AND TABLE Filed April 20, 1925 2 Shee1.s-Sheet 41 1l lll/11111111111111111111lll/1111101111!!'lll/11ibil/11111111111411111117f/ May 11 1926. 1,584,532

y C. S. HAMBLIN COMBINATION CAMP `KIT AND TABLE Filed April 20, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 patented ltfiay ll, 1926.

CHARLES S. HAMBLN, NGRTHFEELD, MINNESOTA.

' CGMBINATION CAMP KIT AND TABLE.

Application led April 2t), 1925. Serial No. 24,421.

My invention has for its object to provid-.e a combined camp kit and table, and to this end it consists of the novel devices and conibinations of devices hereinafter described and defined inthe claim.

ln the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective viewv of the out i'itfolded; y

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

. Fig. 4t is a longitudinal section taken on the line 1 4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the table set up.

The numeral 6 indicates two duplicate table top sections each of which has at its marginal edges side and end rails 7 and 8, respectively, in endless arrangement. The corners of each table top section and their rails are reinforced by metal angle strips 9. Hinges 10 connect the side rails 7, at the inner edges of the top sections 6, in a man` ner to permit said top sections to be folded one upon the other to form a box-like closed container, as shown in Fig. 1, or opened up to form a table top, as shown in Fig. 5.

One of the top sections 6 is provided with a handle 11 by which the outfit' may be carried when folded, and the two table top sections are held in folded arrangement by separable fasteners 12.

The topV sections 6 when unfolded, as shown in Fig. 5, are supported at their four outer corners by two pairs of legs 13 and 14. The pair of legs 13 are secured to the outer side rails 7 by nut-equipped bolts'15 for pivotal movement whereby said legs may be folded into the container directly against the under sides of the top sections 6. Stop blocks 16 on the respective end rails 8, to-

gether with the respective side rails 7, hold the legs 13 when in operative positions against angular movement transversely of their pivotal movement.

The pair of legs 1li are secured to the outer side rails 7. by pivotal and slip connections comprising thumb-nut-equipped bolts 17 anchored to said side rails 7 and longitudin-al slots 18 in said legs through which said bolts project. The thumb-nuts of these bolts 17 are located within the container and washers 19 are interposed between said thumb-nuts and the legs 1&1. By reference to Fig. 3, it will be noted that the thumb-nutequipped bolts 17 are so located that the pan' of legs ll may be moved endwise downward away from the top sections 6 and then folded onto the folded legs 13.

By tightening the thumb-nuts on the bolts 17, the legs 1a may be secured folded and which folded legs 14 in turn hold the legs 13 folded against the under sides of the top sections 6. ln setting up the table top sections, the thumb-nuts on the bolts 17 are loosened and the legs 1e swung into perpendicular positions and then moved endwise toward the top sections 6 and again secured by the thnmb-nut-equipped bolts 17. When the legs 14 are in operative positions, they are securely held against pivotal movement on the bolts 17 by their engagement with the respective end rails 8 which project both above and below said bolts. By thus mounting the legs 13 and 111, the same may be folded within the container sothat they are all in the same plane and in compact arrangement.

Bemovably mounted within the container is a receptacle 2O which substantially iills said container, with the exception of the space occupied by the legs 13 and 14, and is held against movement in all directions by said container and legs. This receptacle 2O affords convenient means into which may be packed supplies, cooking utensils, camp stove and the like, and when thus packed said receptacle may be placed in the container or lifted therefrom. As shown, the receptacle 20 is made of metal, and may be used for carrying or heating water. It is, of course, understood that this receptacle 20 can be made partly of metal and partly of wood, or entirely of wood. Finger holes 21 are formed in each end of the receptacle 2O to aiford convenient means by which said receptacle may be lifted to and from thel container and carried from place. to place.

By reference to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be noted that the receptacle 2O has a depth substantially the same as the width of the container and aside from the space occupied by the legs 13 and 14, has a storage capacity substantially the same as the container.

What I claim is: l

A folding table having a depending apron and two pairs of legs all of the same length on the upper ends .of which the top of the table is directly supported, the legs ol each pair being attached to the table by upper and lower fixed pivots whereby the legs o' each pair may be tolded under said top the one directly above the other, the upper ends o the legs attached by the upper pivot-s having direct engagement with said top and the other pair of legs having slots through which the lower pivots extend, whereby the respective pair of legs may be moved em'.- l" Wise into engagement with said top, the lees attached by the lower pivots being held against pivotal movement by the apron when in operative positions.

In testimony whereof I a"ix my signal 1:'. i',

CHARLES S. HMI 3Ll B. 

